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Mar 26 2024
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United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to visit Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (WILX)— United States Secretary of Energy and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm will visit Mid-Michigan. On Tuesday morning, Granholm, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain will discuss the Battery Workforce Initiative. It aims to create and develop nationally accepted training guidelines for people working in the car battery and
WILX 10Mar 21 2023
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‘Right-to-work’ repeal, prevailing wage reinstatement heads to Whitmer’s desk
Cheers erupted in the Michigan Senate after lawmakers voted along party lines to repeal the state’s decade-old “right-to-work” law while reinstalling the practice of prevailing wage. “Dems have delivered on one of our biggest promises that we’ve made, today, which is restoring workers’ freedoms,” Rep. Regina Weiss, D-Oak Park, told reporters following session. Yet, which of four bills – House
MLive.comNov 03 2023
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Bills that would require all Michigan energy to be clean by 2040 headed to Whitmer’s desk
A late night for state lawmakers who voted into the early morning hours on clean energy bills. The bills set a timeline to reduce emissions and increase the adoption of renewable energy like wind and solar farms, but the proposals are facing opposition, resulting in party-line votes and political division. One of the bills would require Michigan’s utility companies to have 100% clean energy by
WILX 10Jul 19 2023
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Gov. Whitmer legalizes alcohol sales at college sporting events, makes liquor to-go permanent
LANSING, Mich. — Alcohol can now be sold at college sporting events in Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan bill Tuesday allowing liquor licenses to be issued to sporting venues at public universities. The Michigan Executive Office of the Governor tells us Governor Whitmer also signed a bill that makes liquor-to-go options permanent, benefiting local businesses in the state. “
Fox 17 West MichiganApr 13 2023
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs stricter gun background check, safe storage bills
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Anyone who wants to buy a gun in Michigan will have to undergo a background check, and gun owners will be required to safely store all firearms and ammunition when around minors under new laws signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The signing took place on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, where a gunman killed three students and injured five
Washington TimesJul 25 2023
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Former Georgia minister arrested in 1975 murder of 8-year-old pastor’s daughter Gretchen Harrington
A retired minister in Georgia has been charged with murder in the slaying of an 8-year-old girl whose remains were found in southeastern Pennsylvania almost a half-century ago. David Zandstra, 83, of the Atlanta suburb of Marietta is charged with criminal homicide, first--, second- and third-degree murder, kidnapping of a minor and a related count in the 1975 death of Gretchen Harrington in
AL.comAug 23 2022
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Two Men Convicted In Attempted Kidnapping Of Michigan Governor Whitmer
A jury convicted two men Tuesday for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) in 2020, part of what prosecutors have described as a larger domestic terrorist plan to set off a civil war and attempt to overthrow the government.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of all charges brought against them in federal court in Michigan, including conspiracy to kidnap and
ForbesApr 05 2023
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer repeals near-century old abortion ban: ‘long overdue’
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed a bill repealing a near-century-old law that made it a four-year felony to assist in an abortion. In signing the legislation, Michigan’s Democratic governor called it "long overdue." Roe v. Wade had made the 1931 law null and void until the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision in June. "When Roe was overturned, a right afforded
Fox News (Online News)Jul 19 2023
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Whitmer signs bill legalizing alcohol sales at college sports
A federal judge has upheld a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump, rejecting the ex-president's claim the jury vindicated him by failing to conclude in a civil case that he raped a columnist in a New York department store dressing room in the 1990s. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said in a written opinion Wednesday the jury's May award of compensatory and punitive damages to writer E. Jean
The Herald-PalladiumMar 23 2024
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Charlevoix County participates in Severe Weather Awareness Week
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed March 17-23 as Michigan’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, prompting active participation from cities across Charlevoix County, including Charlevoix, Boyne City and East Jordan. At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, these communities engaged in a voluntary statewide tornado drill. Local sirens wailed for three minutes, serving as a practice
Petoskey News-Review